
Meet the Bat Woman and Bat Man of India
They sealed their love with dead bats. Now these researchers are on a mission to save India’s endangered chiropteran species together.
Emily V. Driscoll is a science documentary producer in New York.
They sealed their love with dead bats. Now these researchers are on a mission to save India’s endangered chiropteran species together.
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